# Get started with BeHabit

> No account, no setup: add your first habit, tick it off on Today, and put it on your Home Screen in a couple of minutes.

Source: https://behabit.app/help/get-started · 2026-10-05

BeHabit works the moment you open it. There’s no account to create and nothing to sync: your habits live on your phone and work offline.

## 1. Find your first habit

The first time you open BeHabit, **Let’s find your first habit** asks what isn’t working right now and what you’d like to change, then suggests one small habit under **Start here**. Tap **Start this habit**, **Adjust it**, or **I’ll pick my own habit**. Your answers stay on the phone, and you can change them later in **Settings › Habits › Your goals & routine**.

The last screen shows Premium; **Continue with Free** keeps the free plan (4 habits).

## Add more habits

Tap **+** in the tab bar (or **Add a habit** on an empty Today). Pick a **Quick start** habit such as Read or Drink water, or type your own name. Choose when it happens and tap **Create habit**.

Keep it small. “Read 2 pages” beats “read more”. You can raise it later, and BeHabit will suggest it when a habit has held for a few weeks.

## 2. Say why (optional)

After you create a habit, BeHabit asks **Why this habit?** in three short steps: what you’ll do, when or where, and who that makes you. Your answer appears on Today and in your reminders. You can skip it and add it later.

## 3. Tick it off on Today

Today lists what’s due. Tap the square when it’s done and the ring fills. A toast lets you **Undo** if you tapped by mistake.

## 4. Put it on your Home Screen

With Premium, add the **Today** widget and you can tick habits off without opening the app. See [Add a Home Screen widget](https://behabit.app/help/add-a-widget).

## 5. Turn on a reminder

On the habit form, switch on **Remind me** and pick a time. See [Set up reminders](https://behabit.app/help/reminders).

> **Missed a day?**
> That’s fine. The next morning, Today shows the smallest version of the habit and your reason why. One tap and you’re back. [Here’s how it works](https://behabit.app/help/missed-a-day).